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Antitrust (Widescreen)

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Meurtres, drames et romance sont à l'honneur dans ce suspense situé dans un monde régi par l'informatique.
Produit en 2000, version française

I've watched movies like Hackers(dont bother), Takedown(decent), Swordfish(omg no), but this one is my favorite. Its about a corporation that has a global monopoly (much like microsoft). They observe programmers that have potential and kill them if needbe. Well, one of the newly hired programmers finds this out. A very good movie, I recommend you watch it.

This movie was out in the theater for a few weeks before I finally gave in and went to see it. I originally tried to shy away from this because of the obvious "teen-appeal", but sometimes I can't help myself when it comes to computer geek movies. As it turns out, I enjoyed this emmensly and consider this a fast-paced techno-thriller that should appeal to anyone with an interest in suspense.

Recent college grad, Milo, is recruited by Gary Winston to join a team of talented programmers working for the dominate software giant. The goal is to finish the code for Winston's satalite uplink system that will allow anyone with a cell phone, computer, or television to communicate in real time across all formats. When Milo's best friend is found murdered while on the verge of an incredible technological breakthrough, Milo begins to suspect that the prestigious company he works for as well as those around him may not be as honorable as he thinks.

Great suspense-thriller that really never got the attention it deserved. Give it a try.

Although it comes across as a movie custom fit for the youth of America who are not technologically challenged, it's actually enjoyable by anyone who cares to put some thought into the plot. Written and filmed around the pinnacle of the court battles between the Department of Justice and the Microsoft Corporation, it takes the Feds' claims of Microsoft's domination of the computer market, takes a fictional look at it with a twist of paranoia...and becomes a major motion picture.

Ryan Phillippe does a commendable job portraying Milo, a young brilliant programmer who is hired by Microsoft-esque corporation NURV. NURV is operated by Gary Winston, a seemingly nice guy who takes an evil turn, played by Tim Robbins who does a fantastic job. Claire Forlani, Rachael Leigh Cook, and even the original Shaft himself Richard Roundtree do nicely in their supporting roles. The best part of all is that this can be a film for all age groups. The profanity isn't over the top, something that seems to be a given in most big time movies today.

Not a cinematic blockbuster or a modern classic, but ANTITRUST is an enjoyable film.

OK, this movie is OK but trust me on this, DO NOT BUY THIS MOVIE!!! this movie is really good the 1st time, but after that...it sucks! if you want to see it, rent it! i liked it the 1st time i watched it, but then when i bought it and watched it again i was so disgusted with it! it was like it was two totally different movies (they are the same its just the second time you watch it, it sucks!) ya so just don't waste your $$$(money)!

This movie finally pushed out "The Edge" (with Anthony Hopkins) to take top position in my list of "Worst movies of all time".

The acting is wooden, the plot tediously predictable, the characters less-than-one-dimensional, and the actresses were skanky. Worst of all, every element of the dastardly scheme which Ryan Phillippe's character uncovers is repeatedly explained ad nauseum as though the viewers were incapable of drawing any conclusions for themselves. For example, when the Bill Gates bad guy character says that the answer to a newly solved technological problem is "not in the box, it's in the band", we are treated to a full 10 minutes of flashbacks as Ryan remembers his friend, who was brutally murdered just recently, describing HIS OWN innovation with the exact same words - hmmmm, what could this possibly signify? Nope, can't work it out, how about some more flashbacks, and a shot of the bad guy's goons actually attacking the friend, to make it really obvious?

If you must watch this film, see it as a parody of the mainstream Hollywood family flick, and/or a demonstration of just how bad this style of film can be.

This film is a pretty interesting film on an essential subject and it raises fundamental questions. What can a society do against a capitalist private monopoly ? Not much. The very principle of the capitalist market is to enable competition hence to enable one business to become a monopoly at any time. The only guarantee we can have is that this competition will be honest and not helped with criminal or illegal activities. But how can we be sure ? The film shows that it is very easy to use dark means to achieve one's economic aim. How can we stop it ? the film seems to think that only young rebels helped by some older agents and animated by the same competitive ideology (but to their own profit after all) can prevent it, and even so it becomes show business. The second answer is to decide that knowledge is a public common good and that everyone must have access to it. This is a good idea as long as it deals with patents whose amortizing could be spread out in time or whose cost could be covered by some public system or service. But who is going to pay for the research ? This is less of a good idea when it deals with literature or arts because then the rights of the author over his own work is negated. How are authors, composers, etc, going to live if their work is no longer sold ? But the film raises a real problem in our society. It is easy to attack Bill Gates, actually named in the film, and deal with informatics which is a Wide Wild Wilderness. But I would like to see a film about pharmaceutical firms, about AIDS drugs sold at such a high price that millions of AIDS victims cannot afford them. The scapegoat procedure of the film is bad, very bad, but informatics cannot be compared with pharmaceutical drugs because with the latter we are speaking of life and death, even if with informatics we are speaking of the complete control of information and communication, of the mind and the government. Is Big Brother finally arrived, twenty years late ? How can we prevent it from happening and/or stop it ? Is it the fault of one man or of an over-competitive system ? Another film is necessary to go deeper into these questions ?

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

I was 100% pleased with Antitrust.I ran across it late one night on cable or something like that,and well that was enough for me to watch it a record 31 times now.I know EVERY line,seem boring to you?well every time i watch it,i seem to see more n more,only problem is i am dying to find out who the darn artist is when Milo and his "Girlfriend" i wont spoil that one,i AM tempted though cos I saw her in the artist movie "Basquit" -think my spellings off but i dont real much care for her and her performances BUT she did on ok job here with her pouting and crap.Ryan rocked he did a great job it was nice to see him play the "good GUY" for a change also cos all i remember him from is the "summer i told you"-pun big time flick...but i am in love with this movie hate his wife(in real life YUCK MAN!) oh and love him plus Tim Robbins was excellent...a great movie that its actually wantes me to go into the computer science field instead of the graphic one-i AM an artist-although he does like to brag.LOL.my ??? finally is WHO is the artist at Garys house when milo and alice go to Garys "Fundraiser" party.The one who keeps apearing on the screens(dont bill gates have something like that???)if anyone can help Id appreciate since i do tattoo flash comic work and my fav. artist not if it matters is DALI..so i would LOVE to know who did that work that keeps flashing when Milo is getting those IP address's from garys house -party - fundraiser-whatever..oh and i am glad they DIDNT put leigh cook to sleep with him great editing,although watching it enogh you can see where they shopuldve put maybe another little thing to fill it up.one minute-nightime they talking then its morning and there getting gasolie-hmmmm??
BUT besides those teeny blunders -GET THIS MOVIE its way way interesting and ryan i agree puts in his all..
i also havent seen cruel intentions-heard its good though but i could get jealous..kidding....and i havent heard NO-ONES mentioned Gosard Park-i own that but never watched the whole thing he was great in what i saw of it....if my spelling is again off i apologize ..
anyone e mail me whenever i am lonely cant you tell...
lots n lots xo stephanie..
enjoy emeninselly...i didnt do ggod in spelling ...xoxooxoxoxox

The main enjoyment of watching this movie for me was the irony that a motion picture made by Hollywood made a hero out of someone on the fringe of the open source camp. I didn't find it unbelievable that Ryan was working as a computer programmer, and I feel almost offended at the implication that computer programmers can't be shallow and image conscious just like everyone else. Believe me, we can.

The main disappointment was that many people who saw it either missed the fact that the bad guy was committing murder, and therefore wasn't just a corrupt businessman, or that they thought that everyone involved in open source believes in liberating other people's code, or that they missed that the villain had already committed copyright infringement.

Who shouldn't see this movie: Open source advocates - you'll either feel offended at being portrayed as extremists, or, if you are one, you won't want to pay money to an MPAA movie. Computer programmers - you'll probably end up spoiling the movie for the people around you as you explain that things don't work that way in real life, although at least you can point out that they use Linux on their workstations.

Who should see this movie: People who are related to computer programmers. While they don't get everything right, it's a start at explaining some concepts.

This movie is no more then a pitiful attempt to suggest that businessmen are selfish and corrupt. Ironically the most corrupt character is as selfless possible. The character Gary Winston has successfully launched his satellite system, he has a control over an entire network so why is he so desperate to have NERV in place? It would most certainly be cheaper to just buy one of the programs from all the kids knocking themselves out in garages all over the country then to develop NERV, and especially cheaper then to kill every character. This character is a pathetic fame seeker who is more concerned with being first, or for having an expensive daycare centre then making money. This is no more obvious when one sees that his program team selected based on degrees and awards, particularly Milo Hoffman is one of the most important programmers yet he never has to show a portfolio or sample programs. Are we expected to ignore theses facts, also why it is assumed investors in Synapse would have moles in such a campaign of mismanagement? They want to make money too!!! This type of ignorant film is what is not worth watching.